Re: [PATCH 2/2] drm/radeon/kms: enable underscan option for digital connectors

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2010/8/9 Marius Gröger <marius.groeger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Am 08.08.2010 20:09, wrote Alex Deucher:
>>
>> 2010/8/8 Marius Gröger<marius.groeger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>>
>>> Am 08.08.2010 18:22, wrote Alex Deucher:
>>>>>
>>>>> Also, I kind of was hoping that once I could use 1280x720 for both the
>>>>> console and the X screen, it would would allow me to switch between the
>>>>> two
>>>>> transparently. Instead, the TV takes notice of the switch and needs
>>>>> some
>>>>> extra syncing time. Is this expected behaviour?
>>>>
>>>> You mean switching underscan off and on or a VT switch?  The hw has to
>>>> reprogram the mode when it changes the underscan.  As for a VT switch,
>>>> it should just be changing the crtc base, but IIRC there was a bug
>>>> where X and the console used slightly different modes in some cases.
>>>
>>> VT switch. I use video=1280x720@50 on the command line and select the
>>> corresponding EDID resolution within X. Is this bug still pending or is
>>> my
>>> scenario supposed to work?
>>
>> You may be seeing this issue:
>> http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel/2010-August/011743.html
>
> "In the absence of the user specifying an overriding monitor
> configuration, trust the KMS drivers to have correctly probed the output
> modes."
>
> Well, in my case I *am* specifying an overriding monitor configuration. Is
> there still a chance that video=1280x720@50 could be meaning s.th. different
> then the corresponding mode in X that I explicitly choose.

Can you verify that the console and X are using the same modeline?
The mode selected by video=1280x720@50 likely has different timing
than the timing used by the mode in X.  Is the VT switch smooth when
you don't specify the mode on the console or X (i.e., let the driver
decide on it's own)?

Alex
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